Wishing all of you a very happy and prosperous New Year!! I leave you with a few images of a Red-Tailed Hawk that we happened upon on the way back from Bath, Maine Sunday. My last bird photo of 2007. Click a thumbnail for a larger view. Happy birding! Technorati Tags: images, Hawk, Maine, bird, [...]
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Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert Reporting Period: December 21 – December 27, 2007 Area: State of Maine Compilers: Eric Hynes and Stella Walsh Of Special Note BARRED OWLS and NORTHERN SHRIKES continue to be found at an above average rate. PINE GROSBEAKS, BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and COMMON REDPOLLS remain numerous and widespread. Look for the grosbeaks [...]
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Tiring of the snow and cold here in Maine, and wanting to see what grass looks like, we spent our holiday weekend on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. With no snow on the ground and temperatures in the 50′s, it felt as if it were the first day of spring. We lodged in Harwich and spent several hours each day bird [...]
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The Christmas season fills our hearts with joy; Bright, happy days bring special kinds of pleasure. We’re wrapped in the excitement of it all, The sights, the sounds, the smells, the tastes we treasure. Yet when we have some quiet time to think About our finest blessings all year through, We focus on our family [...]
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Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert Reporting Period: December 7 – December 13, 2007 Area: State of Maine Compilers: Eric Hynes and Stella Walsh Of Special Note Numerous sightings of NORTHERN SHRIKES, BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, COMMON REDPOLLS and PINE GROSBEAKS continue statewide. Check fruiting trees like crabapples for waxwings and grosbeaks. Redpolls are visiting feeders and birch [...]
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A storm on Monday brought 6 to 9 inches of snow to the region with temperatures still well below normal. While breaking for lunch at work on Friday, I parked along Back Cove off Preble Street in Portland and did some bird watching. I was not disappointed! Two groups of Snow Buntings, which totaled 40 birds, [...]
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Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert Reporting Period: November 30 – December 6, 2007 Area: State of Maine Compilers: Eric Hynes and Stella Walsh Of Special Note Sightings too numerous to list of NORTHERN SHRIKES, BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, PINE GROSBEAKS and COMMON REDPOLLS continue state-wide, with scattered reports of EVENING GROSBEAKS. An unusually high number of BARRED [...]
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